Colin Young was born in Barbados in 1944, and in the mid-sixties, he came to England for a holiday with his father and he decided to stay. He was a former bookkeeper who prior to joining The Foundations was lead singer of a group called The Tonicks. Colin Young joined The Foundations after two members, lead singer Clem Curtis and tenor saxophonist Mike Elliott left in 1968.
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- Colin Young was born in Barbados in 1944, and in the mid-sixties, he came to England for a holiday with his father and he decided to stay. He was a former bookkeeper who prior to joining The Foundations was lead singer of a group called The Tonicks. Colin Young joined The Foundations after two members, lead singer Clem Curtis and tenor saxophonist Mike Elliott left in 1968. He replaced Clem Curtis as lead singer and went on to sing on 2 more of the Foundations big hits, "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "In The Bad Bad Old Days". He stayed with The Foundations until their break up in late 1970. In the mid seventies, while Clem Curtis and The Foundations were on the road after having re-formed The Foundations, there was also another Foundations line up, led by Colin Young, who were on the road at the same time and were playing basically the same material. This eventually led to court action which resulted in Clem Curtis being allowed to bill his group as either The Foundations or Clem Curtis & The Foundations. Young was allowed to bill himself as The New Foundations or Colin Young & The New Foundations. Also the mid seventies, Colin Young and his group released a lone 45 on the Pye label, "Something For My Baby" / "I Need Your Love". In The 1980's, as the lead singer of UK group Mercy, Mercy, he had a hit with "It Must Be Heaven". In 1999, a version of The Foundations was re formed that included Colin Young (vocals), Alan Warner (Guitar), Steve Bingham (bass), Gary Moberly (keyboards), Tony Laidlaw (sax) and Sam Kelly then Steve Dixon (drums). This version of the group was reformed due to the popularity of the film "There's Something About Mary" and the interest created resulting from the 1968 hit Build Me Up Buttercup being featured in the film. Some time later Colin Young left this version of the group and was replaced by Hue Montgomery (aka Hugh Montgomery). In 2003 Colin Young recorded an updated version of "Build Me Up Buttercup" backed by a choir of policemen from the Surrey police force. The proceeds from the sale of the CD go to Milly's Fund. The fund is a trust set up in memory of murdered school girl Amanda Dowler. Apparently the song was a favourite of hers.
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